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School / Work Affiliation: Baker SPGS

About Me: I am 24 years olds originally from Atlanta, Georgia. I love sports and my life has and still revolves around them. I played football in college and I am still pursuing that dream professionally. I was just recently drafted to play in a new professional developmental football league for the NFL. Which I am very excited about. I graduate in May with my masters. I have another milestone in my life happening in May. May 2nd I am getting married to my beautiful fiance Lindsey. She is an undergrad at Baker down in Baldwin City. We met while I was an undergrad at Baker. She is my best friend and I am so lucky to call her my wife in a couple months. We have a dog as well, his name is Bear. Bear is almost a year old and is a Shih Tzu.

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Using Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom

Posted on March 1, 2009 at 9:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

First of all this is a great tool for the classroom, and I never really thought that this tool could be useful in the classroom. I have done picture slideshows before, but never thought of using this tool in the classroom. I really like the picture slide show, with music playing. Those I really enjoy to watch and listen to the music. I could use various slideshows and videos for Physical Education and Health. Taking from the my piture I made with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, I could use… Continue

Week 4

Posted on February 22, 2009 at 10:51pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

All of the tools are very useful first of all. As a P.E. teacher I would use the piZap tool and thy free music site. I like the piZap tool because i can take pictures of successful athletes and add stuff to them and make my own posters in a sense. I made one with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. I played with a font, and put it at the bottom of the picture, and it says "Teamwork." The other program is the music. Music is always used in sports and it helps get people going in a sense. It would… Continue

Teaching in the Digital Age

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 9:56pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Wow, this was some great information. The videos were very interesting and enlightening at the same time. I have not started my teaching career officially yet, but I have been substitute teaching at the Derrick Thomas Academy. The article that we read by David Warlick was very informational as well. I never thought about podcasts being used for teaching. It is obvious now to me that it can be very useful. The entire article will be useful for me in the future. It just amazes me the technology… Continue